plays are known as ‘peace’ plays‚ however The Frogs in not considered as one. Aristophanes tries to portray an important political message in the play ‘The Frogs’‚ but the play sometimes overpowers the audience by the use of so much slapstick humour. Most of the meaning is lost on a modern audience. However‚ the Athenians watching the play would have understood the political message‚ especially the upper class citizens. Although his plays were for people from all social classes and backgrounds
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story ‘The Escape’ by Somerset Maugham The story “The Escape” written by an English writer Somerset Maugham is under the interpretation. This is a story about common people in common situation‚ and Maugham manages to tell it with the sense of humour and in a very interesting way. The story has a straight line narrative structure with author’s digressions at the beginning. The author establishes realistic setting to his piece of writing. He is the observer-writer‚ he uses the first-person narrative
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create awareness and provide information of the room the Mercedes-Benz Viano has. In addition to the primary objectives‚ Mercedes would have looked to persuade the audience to change attitude‚ inform and educate and touch emotion through the use of humour in the ad. These objectives are essential in all advertising in order to gain desired effects (Wells et al. 2011). To meet these objectives‚ the advertisement needed careful direction to a certain audience‚ with a message that speaks to the audience’s
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General Patton’s speech to troops made before D-Day is persuasive. By the use of sound bites‚ macho rhetoric‚ empathy‚ emotive language‚ humour and emphasis he managed to empower the troops who were going into battle. Sound bites are used so that when the troops go out to fight they have something to remember. These are short bits of speech or text that become phrases. ‘Americans despise cowards.’; ‘Death must not be feared. Death in time‚ comes to all men.’‚ and ‘The real hero is the man who fights
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My Greatest Ambition‚ Lurie. Story written in 1st person in voice of young(?) narrator. Tone shows a wry humour – adult reflecting on youth seems more likely. Language is straightforward and relies on variety rather than image creating. Sentences vary in length and create a sense of conversation. Humour of opening sentence implies adult looking back with affection. Memory as narrative tool: memory is always unreliable. Narrator counters this unreliability by frequent corrections and apologies
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Humorous means to cause lighthearted laughter and amusement. The first way Yollie demonstrates humour is when Ernie calls her to ask her to the movies‚ she just covers the phone for ten seconds and without actually asking her mom she just says that her mom says “Yes”. Another example is when her mom doesn’t wake her up after she told her to; she
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The Sanitation Problems of the Black Death The bubonic plague is a bacterial disease that is considered one of the most lethal in history. Recorded pandemics of the plague reach back to 541 A.D. and minor epidemics can still be found around the world (Plague). The plague consists of a bacterium called Yersinia pestis. This bacterium has the ability to mutate quickly and can easily destroy the immune system of the infected person‚ “it does this by injecting toxins into defense cells such as macrophages
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Spencer Jackson 3/30/08 Hosting the Past to Provide for the Epistolary Community of the Present: Alexander Pope’s “Epistle to Miss Blount‚ with the Works of Voiture” In this early epistle‚ first published in 1712 as “To a Young Lady‚ with the Works of Voiture‚” Pope addresses his friend Teresa Blount through the work and name of the early seventeenth century French poet and letter-writer Vincent de Voiture. In this indirect address of a female friend facing an uncertain marriage
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How has Willy Russell made the character of Rita comical? The play ‘Educating Rita’ was written by Willy Russell in the late 1970’s during a time of great social change. Willy Russell’s life was just like the character of Rita in the play making it autobiographical. He was born in Whiston which is just outside Liverpool. He was a hairdresser before he went back to college to pass his O level English Literature. ‘Educating Rita’ is a play about a 26 year old called Rita who goes back to university
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documentaries and mockumentaries that distinguish the two‚ where documentaries generally present topics in a realistic and truthful manner whereas mockumentaries present topics that are normally unusual but with the use of mockery‚ sarcasm and other terms of humour that make the films rather enjoyable and humorous. Mockumentaries may sometimes present the truth but in a humorous manner but also present facts to get their views across
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